Pop

Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius, made one of the best albums of 2020. Now he’s let loose a bunch of producers – including A.G. Cook and Jenny Hval – on a reboot of every track. It’s out with the deliciously grimy art-rock and in with… what exactly?

The experimental Scandi duo have fused cottagecore, technolust and '00s rap for their new album Believer.

Some of the key tracks by the late, great pop experimentalist.

The xx member and freshly soloed artist shares a selection of emotional dance pop tunes.

A 20-year-old star of the social media age, Beabadoobee is part of the first gener­ation to have near-instant access to endless socio-cultural archives, using them to create a look that is as much Smashing Pumpkins as it is Lizzie McGuire. She is yesterday, today and, probably, tomorrow. She is MEGA.